A biography for Charley Boormanhasn’t been written yet.
“We discovered that often it was better to sleep in a nice familiar tent than to go off and look for a hotel.”
“Travelling is fantastic fun and you see far more of a country journeying through it.”
“Sitting on the back of my motorbike going from west to east through Mongolia was one of the most inspiring and awesome experiences I've ever had. There was so little influence of the western world.”
“It's very rare that you get that period of time to hang out with your best buddy and ride motorbikes.”
“You get sentimental on the road. I'd see a horse with its foal and a tear would come to my eye.”
“When my sister died, I had my first child.”
“I think when you travel for long periods of time you become quite sensitive and emotional.”
“You need to channel your inner dog: know when you need food and when you need rest. And if you get stressed, know when you need to go walkies.”
“Unlike London or other big cities, there's a great tolerance for motorbikes in Ireland. Culturally, it's quite different.”
“When you're nuts about motorbikes, sooner or later, you get to the point where you really want to do a long journey.”
“I'm amazed how unable I am to deal with the demands that are made on me as an actor. Not the one I enjoy, which is standing in front of a camera or onstage pretending to be someone else but everything else that comes with it.”
“I mean, if the country's in the middle of a war of something, I probably wouldn't go.”
“GPS devices are fantastic, but when travelling, especially in the middle of Africa, you must always bring a map as well.”
“I grew up in Ireland, in the Wicklow Mountains just behind Dublin, and got a job in a Volkswagen garage when I was 14. I did it in the summer for about five weeks. My father thought it would be a great idea because I was really into bikes.”
“Africa can make people see things differently, and they realise the world is not as dangerous as people think.”
“I think the easiest story to tell is your own.”
“I had a wife and children. I was mostly working in painting and decorating and then taking the occasional acting job as they came along. At that stage in your life you have to think about your priorities. It looked like I was going to have to take the building more seriously and give up acting.”
“The fundamental thing for anybody, any relationship or any expedition or anything is communication.”
“I remember being very free in Ireland.”
“I have been working since I was three.”